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4.8(500+)•
DashPass•
Lebanese-Greek
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Store Info
DashPass
4.8(500+)•
$$•Lebanese-Greek
Open Sesame Restaurants provides high-quality meals and invites you to sample our delectable cuisine.
The secret to our success is simple: consistently high-quality cuisine that tastes wonderful every…
portion size was a little small but everything tasted awesome, the gyro was nice and tender, rice was done, the salad dressing wasn't overwhelmingly vinegary, and the they actually used enough sauce unlike a lot of other Mediterranean places.
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Tessa J
Emerging Expert • 5 contributions
Didn't like
• 26-08-08
• DoorDash order
The meat is not classic shaved Shawarma, but chunks of chicken. Flavor on the chicken was okay, but the rice was overcooked and slightly mushy. The pita was also pretty hard and overcooked. Considering this was $18, there was not very much chicken in the order.
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Justine U
Emerging Expert • 13 contributions
Liked
• 25-12-21
• DoorDash order
We had two felafel platters, an order of chx schwarma, an order of gyro meat, baba ghanoush, spicy hummus, dolmas. All of it was fresh and almost preternaturally delicious, down to the rice and vinaigrette. I've eaten Mediterranean and middle eastern foods since childhood and this was on par with meals eaten in Boston, Chicago, London, D.C., Dublin, Houston. What a gem!
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Elijah J
4 contributions
Loved
• 24-09-20
• DoorDash order
Some of the best food I've had in Des Moines! I eat here at least once a week if not more because it's so delicious! If you like some heat I recommend the Shawarma Rice Plate and make it spicy! And if you ever get the chance to dine with them in the east village the atmosphere is so nice just like the servers there!
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Erin L
Emerging Expert • 12 contributions
Loved
• 23-01-06
• DoorDash order
Open Sesame is AMAZING! Literally everything is delicious and fresh. The Gyro Salad is fire, and the Spicy Hummus was perfect. Not too much heat for this farm girl and perfectly seasoned. I have a ton of leftover hummus and wish I had also ordered extra pita! I'm certainly not letting it go to waste!
